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Colourful Heart

© Gillian Buchanan 2002

MATERIALS

• Altin Basak No. 50 in any colour - I used Variegated Pink/Blue/Peach..
• 2 tatting shuttles
• Hook for joining

SIZE

• 4 cm wide x 4 cm high

1. Wind three yards of thread onto each shuttle and do not cut the thread between the shuttles.
2. SH1
   4 DS, 3 P sep by 4 DS, 4 DS, cl. R, do not RW.
3. SH1
   Start SCMR by dropping the core thread to form loop, C 4 DS, J to last P of previous R, 4 DS, P, 4 DS, do not RW.
4. SH2
   R 4 DS, J to free P of previous C, 4 DS, 2 P sep by 4 DS, 4 DS, cl. R, do not RW.
5. SH2
   R 4 DS, J to last P of previous R, 4 DS, 4 P sep by 4 DS, 4 DS, cl. R, do not RW.
6. SH2
   R 4 DS, J to last P of previous R, 4 DS, 2 P sep by 4 DS, 4 DS, cl. R, do not RW.
7. SH1
   C 4 DS, J to last P of previous R, 4 DS, P, 4 DS, put shuttle through the loop of thread at the beginning of the chain, pull to close up to form mock ring. SCMR formed.
8. SH1
   R 4 DS, J to adjacent free P, 4 DS, 2 P sep by 4 Ds, 4 DS, cl. R, RW.
9. SH1
   C 2 DS, 7 P sep by 2 DS, 2 DS, RW.
10. SH1
    R 4 DS, J to last P of previous R, 4 DS, J to next P of previous R, 4 DS, P, 4 DS, cl. R, RW.
11. SH1
    C 2 DS, 7 P sep by 2 DS, 2 DS, RW.
12. SH1
    R 4 DS, J to last P of previous C, 4 DS, J to next P of previous R (the central P joining the previous ring and the one before it), 4 DS, P, 4 DS, cl. R, RW.
13. SH1
    C 2 DS, 7 P sep by 2 DS, 2 DS, RW.
14. SH1
    R 4 DS, J to free P of adjacent R as shown (the last R of the 3 leafed clover formed with the 2^nd Shuttle), 4 DS, cl. R, RW.
15. SH1
    C 2 DS, 9 P sep by 2 DS, 2 DS, Shuttle Thread Join to the central P of the large R made with Shuttle 2 on top of the SCMR, do not RW.
16. SH2
    R 2 DS, J to last P of C, 2 DS, 8 P sep by 2 DS, 2 DS, cl. R, do not RW.
17. SH1
    C 2 DS, J to last P of previous R, 2 DS, 8 P sep by 2 Ds, 2 DS, RW.
18. SH1
    R 4 DS, J to next free P of double cloverleaf, 4 DS, cl. R, RW.
19. SH1
    C 2 DS, 7 P sep by 2 DS, 2 DS, RW.
20. SH1
    R 4 DS, P, 4 DS, J to central P of 1^st Ring, 4 DS, P, 4 DS, cl. R, RW.
21. SH1
    C 2 DS, 7 P sep by 2 DS, 2 DS, RW.
22. SH1
    R 4 DS, J to last P of previous R, 4 DS, J to P linking the two Rs, 4 DS, J to 1^st P of 1^st Ring, 4 DS, cl. R, RW.
23. SH1
    C 2 DS, 7 P sep by 2 DS, 2 DS, RW. Join to the base of the 3 leafed double clover and finish ends.